Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece

by Nancy Demand

Book Overview

Why did Greek society foster social conditions, especially early marriage with its attendant early childbearing, that were known to be dangerous for both mother and child? What were the actual causes of death among women described as dying of childbirth in the Hippocratic Epidemics ? Why did families choose to portray labor scenes on tombstones when the Greek commemorative tradition otherwise avoided reference to suffering and illness? In Birth, Death,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080188053X
• ISBN13: 9780801880537
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"